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Want to do it. more people on the left are going -- this is not a left right. this is libertarian vs. non-libertarian. >> conservative people are very hesitant to legalize drugs and marijuana. now, my whole thing is the kids. thats where i come from it. you know, if colmes wants to smoke pot in his basement are m less willing to legalize drugs. if combs wants to smoke pot in his because as he often does -- >> thats not me. >> id never be seen in your basement. >> no way im going in colmes baseme...

Than others. and we better be ready for it, because its coming now. >> there is no question, chris. the two most damaging drugs on the planet are both legal, alcohol and tobacco. we dont need another legal drug. all the evidence isnt in on marijuana. i agree with the president in terms of the consequences for some population groups as a result of this drug being illegal. its time, as nancy said, for america to just say no to drugs. >> so, wont you join us in this >> im around guys who drank to...

Than others. and we better be ready for it, because its coming now. >> there is no question, chris. the two most damaging drugs on the planet are both legal, alcohol and tobacco. we dont need another legal drug. all the alcohol and tobacco. all the evidence isnt in on marijuana. i agree with the president in terms of the consequences for some population groups as a result of this drug being illegal. and i also think that, you know, quite frankly, if alcohol was illegal today, it wouldnt be legal...

And actually cut and remove the heel and carve out an area in this section here in order to put the narcotics underneath the heel. this is actually -- we opened up the packaging of it. we have marijuana on this side, marijuana in the center. the way its wrapped there is so the inmate could actually insert it into his body cavity and traffic it from the visiting room into his housing unit area where its sold. >> even a simple greeting card can be a vehicle for transporting drugs. >> in this case,...

To mexico. >> coming up to the river. >> reporter: their stolen vehicles hurled full speed into the rio grande. >> oh, my god. splash down. >> reporter: at first, law enforcement believed these were desperate attempts to escape. then they began to hear radio traffic. coordinates. >> right there. oh-oh! >> in the water. >> thats a recovery team. >> just a recovery team? recovery team right there. >> reporter: the cartels even began organizing search and rescue teams and suddenly the videos made s...

Rescue teams and suddenly the videos made sense. drug smugglers hurling their stolen vehicles back into the rio grande were doing it for one reason. to protect their dope at all costs. >> all units we had a splash down. we had a plan is down in the river. >> they dont mind losing the truck into the river. at the end of the day if they can recover 2,000 pounds of narcotics with an estimated street value between 600 and 800,000 thats what theyre going to do is protect that inventory. >> its going ...

See -- then try it approach them and stop them, because its a war over there. two cartels fighting each other for control, and they dont stop. they take off running. >> colette agreed to take us into old guerrero into mexico into what he described as drug war to show us how safe it really was. but before he even passed the channel marker dividing the u.s. and mexican border, speedy made us promise not to raise our camera, not to raise any suspicion and told us theres no doubt how jet skiers woul...

They take off running. >> colette agreed to take us into old guerrero into mexico into what he described as drug war to show us how safe it really was. but before he even passed the channel marker dividing the u.s. and mexican border, speedy made us promise not to raise our camera, not to raise any suspicion and told us theres no doubt how jet skiers would look following this same path, like drug smugglers. >> only people with jet skis are involved with dope. >> right. >> reporter: clearly nervo...

Today, some 1,300 inmates live behind the massive 35-foot-walls and, like any prison, the threat of danger is everywhere. >> around our perimeter we have seven gun towers. theyre manned throughout the day. >> the danger is there each time you walk through that gate, you know. you dont know whats going to happen from the time you get on shift to the time you get off shift. >> theres only two types of people in prison. you got the predators and you got the prey. >> i stabbed an inmate 12 times. ov...

And, like any prison, the threat of danger is everywhere. >> around our perimeter we have seven gun towers. theyre manned throughout the day. >> the danger is there each time you walk through that gate, you know. you dont know whats going to happen from the time you get on shift to the time you get off shift. >> theres only two types of people in prison. you got the predators and you got the prey. >> i stabbed an inmate 12 times. over some dope in front of the chow hall. >> you got somebody in y...